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The GSP Library Catalog has over 1500 books held by the library of The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania. Several additional family and research collections are available at the GSP Library.
Publications Archive
The GSP newsletter is a free public resource. The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine (1948-2015, formerly Publications of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 1895-1947), and the former GSP newsletter, Penn In Hand, are online for GSP members.
Collections – GSP Library
Search the GSP Library Catalog and browse our list of onsite collections. GSP also has several other collections for library research, which will be added to the online list soon.
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DONATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
GSP collections have been digitized thanks to our members and donors, including a generous bequest from Ruth Bitting Hamm, a family historian and benefactor of several genealogical and historical organizations nationwide.
Born July 3, 1915 in Torrington, Wyoming, Ruth became a member of GSP in 1972 during her research of Pennsylvania family members who numbered among the early settlers in the area. Ruth devoted 69 years of service to the Daughters of the American Revolution and chaired numerous committees. She was Registrar and Chapter Regent of the Letitia Green Stevenson Chapter in Illinois where she lived her adult life, and also served as Councilor for the National Society Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America. Ruth was an accomplished researcher of the history of the areas where her ancestors lived and she published several books, including Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in Illinois and The Bitting Family Then and Now. She died July 12, 2008.
The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania is grateful to Mrs. Hamm for her generous bequest to GSP which allows us to offer these digital collections to generations of future researchers, and to preserve the histories of our ancestors. If, like Mrs. Hamm, you would like to support GSP in its digital preservation work either through contributions or sponsoring individual collections, please email us at info@genpa.org or visit our donations page for more information.